TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance remains “worth […]
Conventional wisdom suggests that the Supreme Court, like the country, is deeply divided along partisan and ideological lines. But this overlooks the court’s historic recent run of unanimous decisions and the fact that the liberal and conservative justices often don’t vote as blocs. Court critics tend to respond to these inconvenient realities by saying something […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Debbie Hicks is very clear about what she wants and what she doesn’t want. Her 43-year-old son, Ladarius Davis, was stabbed to death near a Safeway in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood in the early hours of February 11. “The person who did this, he don’t know the gravity, the pain he caused […]
Some countries are contemplating sending their armed forces to Ukraine, and the United Kingdom is the first on this list, Ukrainian diplomat, and former Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK Vadym Prystaiko said in an interview with Radio Liberty on Dec. 15. Answering a clarifying question about whether Britain is ready to send its soldiers […]
Here’s to another round in the continuing Robert De Niro and Donald Trump feud, with the former president pulling out some trusty insults for the Oscar winner. The long-time Democrat and actor delivered impassioned acceptance speech last week at the Gotham Awards, calling out Trump’s habitual lies. Several days later, Trump posted on Truth Social: “Robert […]